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MAO ASADA

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Nov 30, 2010
Struggling Mao looks for salvation
PARIS (Kyodo) Reigning world champion Mao Asada is set to hold crisis talks with coach Nobuo Sato after her season plunged to new depths at the Trophee Bompard in Paris at the weekend.
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Oct 22, 2010
Mao starts bid for third world title at NHK Trophy
NAGOYA — Mao Asada begins her quest for a third world title when she takes the ice at the Grand Prix season-opening NHK Trophy on Friday night in her native Nagoya.
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Aug 12, 2010
Mao, Takahashi honored by JOC
The Japanese Olympic Committee awarded world champions Mao Asada and Daisuke Takahashi trophies at a ceremony on Wednesday to celebrate their achievements made in the fiscal year to March 2010.
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Apr 28, 2010
Mao's magnetism resonates on a global scale
Ever think you had a fairly good idea of the popularity of a public figure only to be completely blown away when you truly found out?
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Apr 13, 2010
Mao honored for world record
Newly crowned world champion Mao Asada attended an award ceremony on Sunday after she received recognition by Guinness World Records for her landing of a total of three triple axels at the Vancouver Olympics.
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Mar 30, 2010
World champion Mao stays focused
Newly crowned world champion Mao Asada said Sunday she is determined to stay at the very top. "I have trained hard the last four years for the Olympics and the world championships puts an end to that effort. But I want to stay strong and continue being at the top." Mao told a press conference a day after...
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Mar 10, 2010
What now for Mao?
What a show it was.
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Feb 25, 2010
Kim leads Mao after sensational short program
Mao Asada nailed a triple axel en route to second place as South Korean rival and reigning world champion Kim Yu Na stole the show with a sensational skate to win the women's short program at the Vancouver Olympics on Tuesday.
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Feb 21, 2010
Mao departs for Winter Olympics
Figure skating medal hopeful Mao Asada left for Vancouver, British Columbia, on Saturday, determined to battle for gold against longtime rival Kim Yu Na.
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Jan 13, 2010
Mao's change in strategy not part of the grand plan
While not giving in to those cal-ling for a coaching change, Mao Asada's decision at last month's Japan nationals to cut the number of triple axels she attempted in her free skate from two to one was significant.
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Dec 29, 2009
Relieved Mao begins Olympic countdown
Mao Asada celebrated her Olympic berth-clinching victory at the national championships with a cake on Sunday night.
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Dec 28, 2009
Mao wins nationals
KADOMA, Osaka Pref. — Mao Asada won the women's Japan Figure Skating National Championships on Sunday to secure a place in the Vancouver Olympic team.
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Dec 27, 2009
Asada holds top spot at nationals
KADOMA, Osaka Pref. — Mao Asada posted the top score in the women's short program at the Japan Figure Skating National Championships on Saturday, strengthening her chances of securing a spot in the Vancouver Olympics.
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Dec 24, 2009
Mao looks for 4th straight Japan title after long break
With the Vancouver Olympics only 50 days away, Mao Asada will take the ice on Saturday in Osaka looking for redemption at the Japan nationals, having not skated competitively for two months.
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Nov 25, 2009
Mao, JSF appear content to retain present course
As the sand continues through the hourglass and the days until the Vancouver Olympics dwindle, Mao Asada's chances at the gold medal seem to continue to dissipate.
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Oct 14, 2009
Mao faces early test against Kim in Grand Prix opener
Coming off an uneven performance at the Japan Open, Mao Asada will get an early test as she begins her Grand Prix season on Friday at the Trophee Eric Bompard in Paris, where world champion Kim Yu Na will be waiting.
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Apr 5, 2009
Time for Mao to consider Morozov
She could have taken the easy way out, played it safe, and walked away with another medal at the world championships.
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Mar 25, 2009
Mao, Kim set for next chapter in Japan-S. Korea rivalry
For the second time in the same week, Japan and South Korea could be looking at a showdown for athletic supremacy in Los Angeles.
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Jan 11, 2009
Mao's poise under pressure proved decisive in 2008
Mao Asada capped off an incredible year by rallying for her third straight national title in Nagano on Dec. 27.
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Dec 28, 2008
Asada wins third straight national championship
Mao Asada overcame a slow start from the short program with a powerful if not flawless performance in the free skate Saturday to win her third straight title at the National Figure Skating Championships.
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Japan survey finds 30% of student interns experience sexual harassment
The proportion of recent graduates in Japan who have worked as interns have experienced sexual harassment during their internship was 30.1%, according to a labor ministry survey, up 4.6 percentage points from the previous survey in fiscal 2020.
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